The thinker behind the “Republic” and other works of philosophy also played political adviser to a series of rulers in Sicily ...

The open conflict sparked by Israel's sudden barrage of attacks against Iran's nuclear and military structure shows no signs ...

The name of general Miltiades will forever remain in the minds of Greeks. He was the great victor of the crucial Battle of ...

In a competitive bidding war, Miramax has won the rights to author Amy Taylor’s upcoming second novel, Ruins , with Oscar nominees and longtime friends Vanessa Kirby and Sebastian Stan attached to ...

James Romm’s book is an intellectual thriller, showing how the ancient Greek thinker came to write “The Republic,” his masterpiece of political theory.

Was he truly dangerous, or a scapegoat for Athens' post-war collapse? Explore the charges and the city's turmoil.

In summer, Athens bursts into life as the city’s outdoor venues transform into stages for a rich calendar of cultural events under the open sky. ByRebecca Ann Hughes, Contributor. Forbes ...

In Athens, “officeholders were subject to testing ... sure somehow that there wouldn’t be a second attempt. A number of tyrants, we find, left one city to become tyrants somewhere else.

An Athens man brought a scammer posing as a Clarke County Sheriff's Office sergeant to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department while still on the phone with him. The scammer was attempting to ...

He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his teacher, Socrates, discussing ethical truths with prominent citizens of Athens ... In "Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's ...

But I wonder if there isn’t an emerging mass of people for whom the bigger question isn’t whether their president is a savior or a tyrant, but whether this man and this team are really capable ...

ATHENS — The block-long Saye Building looks nondescript. Two stories tall and partly coated in gray stucco, it sits unused in the shadows of the federal courthouse and a student apartment complex.